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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.88
সার্বভৌম কহে, — আচার্য, কহ সাবধানে ।
তোমাতে ঈশ্বর-কৃপা ইথে কি প্রমাণে ॥ ৮৮ ॥
sārvabhauma kahe, — ācārya, kaha sāvadhāne
tomāte īśvara-kṛpā ithe ki pramāṇe
Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya replied, “My dear Gopīnātha Ācārya, please speak with great care. What is the proof that you have received the mercy of the Lord?”
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Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya addressed Gopīnātha Ācārya directly.
He asked Gopīnātha Ācārya to speak with great care.
He requested proof that Gopīnātha Ācārya had received the mercy of the Lord.
Doubt transformed to devotion. Intellectual resistance gives way to a profound change of heart.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya received everyone and distributed mahā-prasādam with great care. The Bhaṭṭācārya then became acquainted with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and arranged accommodations at his aunt’s house.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 6
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life
Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “mercy”
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “gopīnātha”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How carefully do I speak about having received the Lord’s mercy?
Before making a spiritual claim today, pause and consider what evidence you can give for it.
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